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on March 1978Pacific Far East Line's board of directors has authorized the sale of three surplus vessels and 800 surplus steel barges to correct its current operating problems. The vessels are the luxury liner S/S Monterey, retired from service in early January; the luxury liner S/S Mariposa, to be retir
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on March 1978Ground-breaking ceremonies were recently held at the Port of Palm Beach, Fla., for a $4,500,000 bulk sugar terminal. Taking part in the ceremonies were the Port Commissioners, and officials of the Florida Sugar Marketing and Terminal Association, Inc. and the City of Riviera Beach. According
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on March 1978Pott Industries Inc. of St. Louis, Mo., has announced that Richard M. Currepce has been named president and chief executive officer of Pott's Offshore Marine Services Division headquartered in New Orleans, La. Mr. Currence succeeds Vern E. Easterling, who assumes the position of chairman. M
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on March 1978DeLaval Turbine Inc. in Trenton, N.J., has announced the consolidation of its Turbine and Centrifugal C o m p r e s s o r Divisions. The new division, which will be known as the "Turbine and Compressor Division," manufactures steam turbines and f e e d w a t e r pumps for the electric utilit
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on March 1978Capt. Russell George McVay has been appointed manager of harbor operations of the Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., it was announced by Thomas E. Moran, president of the company. Captain McVay was appointed manager of the Seaboard Shipping Company, a Moran oil barge transportation subs
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on March 1978E.B. Koelliker, vice president, DeLaval Turbine Inc., has announced the appointment of Arthur L. FoltZ Jr. as general manager, Middle East. Mr. Foltz will be based at De- Laval's Middle East Headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where they have a sales and service organization, and are plan
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on March 1978A colorful brochure describing the new Galbraith-Pilot Marine "Packaged System Concept" in Marine Diesel Engine Automation Systems for ACC & ACCU operations is available from Marine Electric RPD Inc. The Galbraith-Pilot Marine Automation Systems consist of an Engineer's Central Control Cons
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on March 1978Anastassios Fondaras was elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Tuned Sphere International, Inc., designers and builders of spherical-hulled offshore vessels, filling an existing vacancy. Tuned Sphere International is a subsidiary of Energy Systems Corporation, both co
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on March 1978Clinton F. Goodwin has been named executive vice president, and David J. Ritchie has been named vice president for chartering of Cleveland Tankers, Inc., according to G. Ward Disbrow, vice president of marine transportation for Ashland Petroleum Company, its parent firm. Mr. Goodwin, who re
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on March 1978Larry Baker Sr., president of Baker Marine Corporation, Houston, Texas, has announced that Texas USA Engineers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Baker Marine Corporation, has been renamed Baker Marine Engineers, Inc. Baker Marine Engineers, Inc. provides engineering services to the petro
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on March 1978Joseph T. Kearney has been named assistant vice president, engineering by I n t e r n a t i o n al Ocean T r a n s p o r t Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa., and affiliated companies Grand Bassa Tankers, Inc. and Interocean Management Corp. He will be based in their Philadelphia home office. F
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on March 1978Alan E. Hanson has been appointed manager of Bird-Johnson Company's Parts Department. In this capacity, he will supervise and coordinate all production and related customer service activities for KaMeWa controllablepitch propeller and thruster spare parts. He will also assist management in
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on March 1978The Red Fox Type II Marine S a n i t a t i o n Device features a unique, pressurized clarifier chamber which keeps liquid in a motionless state. Sludge settling rate is not affected by vessel pitch or roll. Efficient flow-through system eliminates periodic sludge dumping. Effluent discharge
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on March 1978Members of the committee planning the second annual Port of New York Navigation and Communication Conference and Exhibition, sponsored by the Maritime Association of the Port of New York and co-sponsored by the Council of American Master Mariners and scheduled to be held at the Downtown Athle
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on March 1978J. Daniel Culpepper and Lawrence Arthur Renehan have announced the formation of Gulf and Eastern Steamship and Chartering Corp., with offices in New York, New Orleans, and Houston. The new company will represent owners of liner and bulk vessels providing full steamship agency marketing, sal
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on March 1978N.V. Parry, senior vice president of Santa Fe Drilling Co., Orange, Calif., has been named general operations manager with responsibilities for all of the company's drilling rigs in this country and abroad. In other organizational changes announced by president G.M. Anderson, C.F. Dawson mo
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on March 1978The Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Marine Iron Works has started a 10-month overhaul of the USS Meyerkord under a $8.8-million contract. The pact is the third long-term contract awarded to Northwest Marine Iron Works by the Navy in the past two years. The firm, which operates in the Port of P
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on March 1978The appointment of John E. Lescroart as vice president, C.F. Bean Corp.'s Washington, D.C., office has been announced by Charles F. Bean, board chairman of the New Orleans, La.-based international dredging and marine contractor. Mr. Lescroart's activities will be concentrated in the areas o
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on March 1978Joseph Nolet, marine sales manager of Gamlen Chemical Company, a division of Sybron Corporation, Elmwood Park, N.J., has announced the appointment of Kevin Smith, president of Supplier's Marine and Industrial, Inc., to the position of Great Lakes Area sales representative. In his new positi
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on March 1978Communication Associates, Inc., Huntington Station, N.Y., has announced the appointment of Gerald S. Harrison as vice president and director of engineering. He will be responsible for the engineering design and development of the company's expanding line of marine communication products and